Incidental Rickets in the Emergency Department Setting by John V. Zurlo, Shaun R. Wagner

“…This medical entity is often thought of as a classic medical disease of the past. However, it persists, and the recognition of rickets is on the rise. …”
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An empirical analysis of the relationship between innovation efficiency and scale of Internet companies by Shanshan ZHANG, Fuyun WANG

“…26 Internet-listed companies were selected, data envelopment method and regression analysis were used to conduct an empirical analysis on the innovation efficiency of Internet companies and its relationship with scale.The research results show that the Internet industry belongs to a high level of innovation industry.The innovation efficiency has shown a fluctuating downward trend in the past five years, and the business model innovation efficiency is higher than the technological innovation efficiency.There is an “inverted U” relationship between the scale of Internet companies and the level of innovation.Properly increasing the scale of enterprises will help enterprises to innovate, however, the benefits and innovation efficiency brought about by scale growth will not continue to grow.Internet companies should expand rationally.Above conclusions provide data support for the high-quality development of Internet companies and for the formulation of relevant national supervision and regulation policies.…”
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A NEXT GENERATION? YOUNG DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH MINISTERS AND THEIR VISION FOR THE CHURCH IN SOUTH AFRICA by G.J. Van Wyngaard

“…It focuses particularly on how they relate to the church’s past, and its historically White identity. …”
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Tourism and air transport - an economic evaluation of the Oporto Airport expansion project by Vânia Natércia Gonçalves Costa

“…Over the past few years the rate of air transport use has increased, making it a crucial sector of activity in economic and tourism development. …”
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History of Conflict Resolution in Europe – A Project Report by Peter Collin, Wim Decock, Nadine Grotkamp, David von Mayenburg, Anna Seelentag

“…It covers the period from antiquity up to the recent past, and the articles take up central problems of conflict resolution or describe the development in specific European regions and states. …”
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Deadwood : la naissance d’une ville by Nathalie Massip

“…Yet, ultimately, it becomes evident that change and progress are not wanted, in Deadwood, and the series, deviating from most of its genre’s predecessors, seems to blur the frontier between savagery and civilization, in an attempt to debunk America’s mythologized past.…”
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SEROPREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS C AMONG THE APPARENTLY HEALTHYBLOOD DONORS OF KARACHI by Maeesa Wadood et al

“…This study concludes that HCV frequency has been increased in the natives of Karachi, Pakistan when compared to the past studies. Therefore, it is recommended that the healthcare authorities should play a vital role in enforcing preventive measures for HCV transmission. …”
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Intestinal Epithelial Cells as a Source of Inflammatory Cytokines and Chemokines by Andrew W Stadnyk

“…The intestinal epithelium has long been known to provide nonspecific defences such as mucus, lysozyme and transport of secretory immunoglobulin via the polyimmunoglobulin receptor. In the past decade, the realization emerged that enterocytes secrete molecules (cytokines) that regulate inflammation. …”
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Return to the 1960s: the Role of ‘68 in Paul Auster’s Life and Work by Jesper Præst Nielsen

“…The essay concludes that Moon Palace can be read as an appeal for the depolarization of the American political past.…”
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Collaborative Planning for the Future of Water Resources in Central Florida: Central Florida Water Initiative by James H. Fletcher, Tatiana Borisova

“… Rules and regulations that govern our use of natural resources, specifically water, are changing. Over the past 80 years, Florida's population increased four times, from approximately 5 million to more than 20 million people. …”
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Anti-Quorum Sensing in Pathogenic Microbes Using Plant-Based Bioactive Phytochemicals by Kumaran Subramanian, Harshni Selvaraj, Balakrishnan K, Pugazhvendan Sampath Renuga, Velmurugan S, Wilson Aruni

“…Anti-QS compounds have been proven to reduce bacterial pathogenicity in the past. Medicinal plants provide an enticing repertoire of phytochemicals with distinct microbial disease-controlling potential due to the vast spectrum of secondary metabolites included in extracts such as phenolics, quinones, flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenoids, and polyacetylenes. …”
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A historical perspective of exercise in medical recovery by Mardare Ioana, Moraru Cristina-Elena

“…The research of the past represents the primary source of documentation and information regarding the perspectives of development in each field.This paper manifests a two-fold purpose. …”
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Quviasukvik. The celebration of an Inuit winter feast in the central Arctic by Frédéric Laugrand, Jarich Oosten

“…Their adoption of Christianity implied a break with the past. Missionaries as well as Inuit contrasted the traditional life dominated by many ritual rules, with the new Christian life. …”
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Du système de charges aux statuts de prestige individuel by Marie Chosson

“…The inhabitants of the Tzeltal village of Aguacatenango currently find themselves confronted with various upheavals, the most serious of which are the upcoming administrative and political reorganisation and, over the past twenty years, the diversification of religious tenets. …”
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Tissue Engineering of the Penis by Manish N. Patel, Anthony Atala

“…Most of these efforts have occurred within the past decade. However, before these engineering techniques can be applied to humans, further studies are needed to ensure the safety and efficacy of these new materials. …”
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La résilience à l’épreuve du local : la gestion du risque redéfinie par les habitants de Barrio Luján, Costa Rica by Sofia Guevara Viquez

“…Despite its polysemy, the concept of resilience has been used in the past ten years in the risk management area, on an international and national scale. …”
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NON-UNIFORM INTERCONNECTEDNESS PATTERNS AND DYNAMICS: EVIDENCE FROM EMERGING STOCK MARKETS by Anca-Adriana SARAOLU (IONĂȘCUȚI)

“…In the last decades, past financial crises have proved that financial markets worldwide are interconnected, however the subject was scarcely analysed from the viewpoint of financial stock markets. …”
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NATO and Energy Security: 25 Years in the Making by Harun Çetinkaya, Çiğdem Şahin

“…The issue of energy security has become increasingly prominent in discussions about NATO’s effectiveness in various regions. Over the past 25 years, there has been a growing focus on understanding the direction of NATO’s energy security efforts and policies. …”
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Post-Colonial Macau: hope and despair in a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure by Michael O’Regan

“…The paper argues that the miraculous swiftness of GDP per capital, employment and budget surplus growth, was a result of a new post-colonial elite looking backwards into its colonial past. The paper argues that while the “World Centre of Tourism and Leisure” is a political construct and key hegemonic project to keep citizens in a hyper-real world of simulacra and control, it is at the cost of everyday gossip, caution, self-censorship and demoralization.…”
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"Seeing the error of my ways". Revisiting Paul's paradigmatic, self-critical remarks in 1 Corinthians 15:8-10 by S. Joubert

“…However, in 1 Corinthians 15:8-10 Paul openly admits about being in error in the past regarding the true identity of Christ. Within the larger cultural framework of meaning, the apostle’s graphic confession redefines his prior existence as a form of physical pollution. …”
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